Med Term Body Organizations

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Which term describes a negative-charge ion?

Anion

Skeletal muscle is attached to?

Bones

Which term describes a positive-charge ion?

Cation

Which term is used to describe the study of cells?

Cytology

Which term describes a state of physiological balance in the body?

Homeostasis

What are the names of the body systems?

Integumentary, Skeletal, Muscle, Nervous, Endocrine, Respiratory, Cardiovascular, Lymphatic, Digestive, Urinary, Male reproductive , and Female reproductive

What is the "controlling" structure of the cell?

Nucleus

The three types of muscles are...

Skeletal (voluntary), Cardiac, and Smooth (visceral/ involuntary muscle)

The blood vessels is in which body system?

The Cardiovascular system

The heart is located in which body system?

The Cardiovascular system

The stomach is found in which body system?

The Digestive system

The pancreas is part of which body system?

The Endocrine system

The ovaries is in which body system?

The Female reproductive system

The Lymph nodes is in what body system?

The Lymphatic system

The spleen is found in which body system?

The Lymphatic system

The prostate gland is in which body system?

The Male reproductive system

The testes is part of which body system?

The Male reproductive system

The Bones is part of which body system?

The Skeletal system

The tongue is part of which body system?

The digestive system

The uterus is part of which body system?

The female reproductive system

Cardiac muscle is found in?

The heart

The skin is part of which body system?

The integumentary system

The muscles are part of which body system?

The muscular system

The brain is found in which body system?

The nervous system

The spinal cord is part of which body system?

The nervous system

The lungs is found in which body system?

The respiratory system

The nasal cavity is part of which body system?

The respiratory system

The trachea is part of which body system?

The respiratory system

The joints are part of which body system?

The skeletal system

The kidneys are part of which body system?

The urinary system

Smooth muscle is found in?

The walls of hollow organs, (ex. digestive tract)

Epithelial cells

are flat, square cells that cover the skin and also line the digestive tract and other hollow organs

Muscle cells

are long and slender cells within muscle tissue. They contain fibers that allow muscular tissue to contract and relax

Nerve cells

are long, have several fibrous extensions by which nerve impulses are carried

Fat cells

have large empty spaces for fat storage in the body

What is pH?

the measurement of how much acid and base is present

The urinary bladder is part of which body system?

the urinary system

How many body systems are there?

twelve (12)


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